Kotoba no Hibiki

Bankruptcy is our only option.

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A: How is the liquidation going?
B: It’s going well, but we’re still in the red.
A: That’s not good.
B: True, it seems that bankruptcy is our only option.

In this situation, what should you say “bankruptcy is our only option” in Japanese?

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B：残のこされた選択肢せんたくしは破産はさんしかないようです。

Note: This is not a word-for-word translation.

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A word-for-word translation

B：破産はさんが唯一ゆいいつの選択肢せんたくしのようです。

You can say something like the above, but, in this context, 残のこされた is better and more natural.


唯一ゆいいつの is used in the situation where there is no other option.
In this case, they had other options to recover from the deficit, but unfortunately, all the other ways except the bankruptcy didn’t work.

So, I think that 残のこされた can accurately describe their immediate situation.